Gilda — #9552 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gilda

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,077 babies named Gilda between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gilda currently holds the #9552 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 346 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gilda performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Gilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,008 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gilda in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gilda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,077 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.